University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point College of Natural Resources
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Land Parcelization Project
The College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin � Stevens Point is recruiting for a graduate assistant who will be involved in a spatial analysis of land parcelization in rural Wisconsin. This two-year assistantship will entail utilizing GIS to document and analyze changes in land parcelization over a 60+ year time frame in a sample of Wisconsin locations. The results of this project will assist land management agencies and local governments to target land protection strategies (acquisition, easements, etc.) to those areas most likely to subdivide in the future. Results will also be shared with local communities to illustrate potential future consequences of alternative land use policies.
Qualifications
- BS Degree in land use management and/or planning, landscape ecology, forestry, rural sociology or related field with at least a 3.0 GPA in the last two years of your degree period.
- Interest in applying GIS and landscape analysis to real-world planning scenarios
Preference will be given to applicants with knowledge and work history in using GIS for spatial analysis, those with competitive GRE scores, those with some understanding of historic land use changes and future land issues in the upper Midwest region, and those with a passionate interest in land use planning and conservation.